diff --git a/init/gns3.service.systemd b/init/gns3.service.systemd
index c39e9890..02e64f21 100644
--- a/init/gns3.service.systemd
+++ b/init/gns3.service.systemd
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ Type=forking
 User=gns3
 Group=gns3
 PermissionsStartOnly=true
-ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /var/log/gns3 /var/run/gns3
-ExecStartPre=/bin/chown -R gns3:gns3 /var/log/gns3 /var/run/gns3
+ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /var/log/gns3 /run/gns3
+ExecStartPre=/bin/chown -R gns3:gns3 /var/log/gns3 /run/gns3
 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/gns3server --log /var/log/gns3/gns3.log \
- --pid /var/run/gns3/gns3.pid --daemon
+ --pid /run/gns3/gns3.pid --daemon
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID
 Restart=on-abort
-PIDFile=/var/run/gns3/gns3.pid
+PIDFile=/run/gns3/gns3.pid
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target